Wicked Weighty

Not thrilled by month two results.  2 pounds gone, putting me at 210.  Granted it is a loss and I will most definitely take what I can get.  However, I was hoping to see a bigger loss.

It’s not as if I do not know what went wrong…time to focus and regroup!

So, I can’t lose 50 by the time Rambo comes home, but I am within 2 to losing 20 total.  Which isn’t too shabby.  If I can can just get under 200 I will be thrilled with my progress.  It’s gonna be rough, but at 210 now, I will have to lose 11 in a month.  Being that I don’t know exactly when he is expected home…better to lose it earlier than think I have more time than I actually do.

• need to watch carb intake
• take vitamins
• water, water, water
• eat breakfast
• no eating after 9pm
• treadmill 3x/wk

It has been insanity over here! With a week left of school…ugh, still in school due to all the days we missed from the hurricane and the ice storm of which we were without power for DAYS (10 hurricane, and 5 ice storm). Usually we are done with school by now. Son has had mid week games that keep us out til 10 pm. Daughter plays high school ball and they have been having District games, then Regional semi finals and finals…then State. We lost in our Regional finals, bummer, no state championship this yr. Lots of late nights either eating at the parks or late at home.

Thankfully, I have been smart and if it’s too late, I just have a bite or so. This way I haven’t stuffed my gut right before bed, but I also haven’t starved myself. Plus, Aunt Flo came for a visit and brought ice cream and potato chip urges. Lovely!

This morning I had my 1 month Fat Farm Dr appt. Despite everything, I am down to 212! That’s 10.4 pounds gone on my Dr’s charts. Of course that’s just since I have been back to see her. In Jan I was up at 228-229.  Total loss is 16.8 pounds.  Dr told me I could be one of her poster children! Her lil way of telling me she is proud of my success. I told her that my short term goal is to get under 200 by the time Rambo comes home. She says I am well on my way. Of course back in Jan, I was hoping to have lost 50 by the time he came back….uh yah, not gonna happen! I was obviously delirious and clearly not in my right mind.

Another week gone as well as 2 more pounds gone!  Yaay!

One of my Rav pals, and fellow LSG’r responded to my post within Rav to take it slowly in regards to the exercise.  Man oh man was she ever right!

I am currently using the weight loss pre programed routine and it whoops my butt, everytime!

I am so far out of shape that there was no way in Hades I was about to even attempt that crazy woman’s 30 day shred. My treadmill is all I need right now! The settings I use on it, are for weight loss not aerobic. So there are no crazy steep inclines or 5 mile an hour speeds. I think the incline at highest during workout is at 4 and speed is 3.5 at max on this particular weight loss pre programed workout.

Today I went to my fat farm Dr for weigh in and I lost 6 pounds! Wheeee!

FTR, I am not concerned about turning forty, not one bit. It’s just a number! One is only as old as they feel or think they are. I do not look my age now, so no need to think I will at 40 either! What does concern me is how ‘they’ all say how much your body changes at 40 and how the metabolism slows down etc etc etc. If mine slows down anymore, I will have to be checked for a pulse!

She also said, “Finally, I think you are going to look great to Rambo, even if you’re wearing a potato sack and have Cheeto orange fingers… he’s going to love seeing you again.”

My response… LOL   MMMMMMmmmm Cheetos! 

*no worries, I have not face planted into a bag of cheetos*

It is now May and I am starting anew.  Before I know it, the end of summer will be here and so will my most missed Rambo man.

Since he has left, I have struggled with stress and my weight.  I stress because he is gone and in a dangerous area, I stress about getting the kids to their practices and games, I stress about not being able to watch one or the others game due to taking the other one across town to his or her practice, I stress because I want to lose weight and look better for when he comes home and I am sure I stress about things I am not even aware of.  All this stress is causing me not to lose weight!

The end of last year, weight watchers.  So much counting, slow results.  The beginning of the year; carb counting.  Saw nice results, but then craved fruits and such.  Took time off, then decided to try Nutrisystem in March.  Super S L O W results and not conducive to my lifestyle.  I need to be able to eat out, not always at home.  Since I am always out and about with the kids and sometimes we do not get home til after 10 pm, eating out is a necessity.  Having to eat out means the NS food is taking over my pantry shelves!  Anyone care to buy my NS foods from me?  Otherwise it’s going to ebay.  They are recent shipments.  Finally, I am going back to the one and only thing that has ever shown great results….the fat farm Dr!  The only thing that would be better, would be if my insurance covered it!

I have also bought a NordicTrack commercial treadmill.  WHEEEE!  I took it upon myself to use a portion of our tax refund for this.  Getting home late means there is no way I am leaving the kids home while I walk at midnight!  There is also no way I am waking up at the crack to walk…that’s just crazy talk!  Having a treadmill, means that I can walk at 1am if I damn well feel like it, in the safety of my own home and when it is nasty hot out there I will be in my air conditioned house.  Sa-weeet!

Day 1~ did the first programed workout 30 minutes, variable speed and incline.  Thought I was gonna die about half way through it.  I am so out of shape.

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred~ this may very well kill me.  If I can just make it through the treadmill do dad, how the heck am I gonna make it through the SHRED?!?!?

Clearly, you can see just how desperate I am to look better and lose some of this weight before he comes home.  Not only for him, but also for me….Afterall, I am sneaking up on 40 and I want to look and feel better than I do now.